AP World History Rome Flashcards
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| 5439899013 | Marcus Aurelius | last of the "good emperors" | 0 | |
| 5439902735 | Gauls | came from modern day france | 1 | |
| 5439907999 | Nero | Insane Julian emperor who burnt down Rome so he could start it his way | 2 | |
| 5439921916 | Octavian | his rule ended the Roman Republic | 3 | |
| 5439926671 | Battle of Chalons | Where Atilla the Hut was defeated by combined Germans and Romans stopped the huns advance into Europe | 4 | |
| 5439943105 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern half of the Roman empire | 5 | |
| 5439964479 | Atilla the Hun | led his Adriatic tribe on a conquest of Europe in 395 AD | 6 | |
| 5439969697 | Carthage and Rome | enemies during the Punic Wars | 7 | |
| 5439973209 | Gauls | attacked and burned Rome in 387 BCE | 8 | |
| 5439979245 | Virgil | "For they conquer who believe they can" | 9 | |
| 5439984425 | Latifundia | large estates | 10 | |
| 5439986580 | Hannibal | Carthage's Greatest general | 11 | |
| 5439990496 | Jesus | Born in Bethlehem, founder of Christianity | 12 | |
| 5439999544 | Teutoburg Forest | The Romans lost three legions which they would never use the numbers for again 9 CE | 13 | |
| 5440012790 | Ostrogoths | Settled in Italy | 14 | |
| 5440015959 | Constantine | reunited the Roman Empire in 306 AD ruled from Byzantium | 15 | |
| 5440026900 | Etruscan | whose rule was good for Rome | 16 | |
| 5440031297 | Archimedes | "Give me a place to stand and I can move the world" levers Syracuse | 17 | |
| 5440038414 | Plebians | lower class in rome | 18 | |
| 5440042042 | Mare Nostrum | The romans called the Mediterranean this which means our sea | 19 | |
| 5440047709 | Pax Romana | A period of peace in the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 180 AD | 20 | |
| 5440064775 | Visigoths | Germanic tribe that settled in spain | 21 | |
| 5440069638 | Parables | Short stories with moral lessons told by Jesus | 22 | |
| 5440074495 | Geography | This is not the same in Italy and Greece | 23 | |
| 5440080248 | Julius Ceasar | "Et tu Brutus" | 24 | |
| 5440085177 | Pyrrhus | Greek general who won many battles but lost the war to Rome | 25 | |
| 5440093027 | Senate | most powerful of the bodies of government in Rome | 26 | |
| 5440114762 | Martyrs | people who die for their beliefs | 27 | |
| 5440118346 | Diocletian | tried to save the Roman Empire by splitting it up | 28 | |
| 5440121376 | Messiah | a savior chosen by God | 29 | |
| 5440125677 | Pyrrhic victory | a costly victory | 30 | |
| 5440130031 | Hannibal | "Even in death I have defeated the Romans again, they will not have their way with me" | 31 | |
| 5440136664 | Second Triumvirate | Marcus Lepidus | 32 | |
| 5440153613 | The Italics | The Sabines, the Umbrians, and the Latins | 33 | |
| 5440156078 | Gentiles | non-jews | 34 | |
| 5440158541 | Trajan | the emperor under who the empire reached its greatest height (6 million square miles | 35 | |
| 5440171318 | Settled in Britain | Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Scots, and Picts | 36 | |
| 5440174436 | Pontius Pilate | Roman governor of Judea who ordered the execution of Jesus | 37 | |
| 5440176929 | Tiber | River that Rome was built on | 38 | |
| 5440182526 | Cato | "Delenda est Carthago" | 39 | |
| 5440186722 | Tarquin the Proud | Harsh Etruscan ruler | 40 | |
| 5440197615 | Brennus | leader of the Gauls who sacked Rome | 41 | |
| 5440221751 | Paul | not one of the twelve disciples, but the most responsible for spreading Christianity throughout the Roman Empire | 42 | |
| 5440228744 | Juno | patron Roman goddess of women | 43 | |
| 5440233496 | France | Franks and Burundians | 44 | |
| 5440236393 | Barrack Emperors | all generals | 45 | |
| 5440239986 | Scipio Africanus | Roman general who defeated Hannibal | 46 | |
| 5440251056 | Victories by Hannibal | Ticinus, Trebia, and Lake Trasimine | 47 | |
| 5440263579 | Tiberius Gracchus | murdered for his land reform proposals | 48 | |
| 5440266390 | Zealots | Jewish sect who took up arms against the romans | 49 | |
| 5440268492 | Cleopatra | ruler of Egypt who tried to remain allies with the Romans | 50 | |
| 5440272158 | Groma | Latin for crossroads (name of Rome) | 51 | |
| 5440278595 | First Triumvirate | Marcus Lucius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompey, and Julius Caesar | 52 | |
| 5440290871 | Christianity | Official Religion of Rome by 395 AD (edict of milan) | 53 | |
| 5440295687 | Treasure, grain, and slaves | poured into the Roman Empire | 54 | |
| 5440299203 | Twelve Tables | written code of Roman laws | 55 | |
| 5440301775 | Alaric | Visigoth King who sacked Rome | 56 | |
| 5440304537 | Archimedes | Defended Syracuse against the Romans | 57 | |
| 5440310760 | Octavian | gained more land for Rome than any other emperor | 58 | |
| 5440316602 | Battle of Actium | Battle between Octavian and Cleopatra and Mark Antony | 59 | |
| 5440320025 | Patricians | Upper class in Rome | 60 | |
| 5440322630 | Cannae | Hannibal's greatest victory (double envelopment) | 61 | |
| 5440326047 | Vandals | Germanic tribe that settled in north Africa | 62 | |
| 5440330181 | Minerva | roman goddess of the arts and wisdom | 63 |